Have you been successful connecting this laptop to this access point in the past, using a different OS?
What happens if you try to boot e.g. an Ubuntu live-USB? I googled your access point and FYI it supports 6 GHz band too. I would check the ARP table on your Linux box. I still do not believe this is a DHCP issue because you do not seem to be passing layer 3 traffic with a static IP. Regards Lloyd Ed Heil wrote: > OK, I tried splitting the bands into their own NWIds, and trying connecting > to the 2.5GHz and 5GHz bands individually, and the results were similar to > what I've seen so far (I end up with a network with "status: active" but no > IP address. > > I also tried removing "inet autoconf" from the /etc/hostname.iwm0 file, and > replacing it with: > > inet 10.0.0.179 255.255.255.0 NONE > > I just arbitrarily picked 179 because it's higher than the most recently > handed out address I know of, 174. > > This makes "ifconfig" think I have that address, but I when I try to "ping" > the router or a linux box on my network, which I happen to know the IP of, I > get "sendmsg: Host is down". However, if I use tcpdump, I still see a lot of > chatter from random devices on my network (including the linux box I was > unable to successfully ping or ssh to). > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2026, at 1:08 PM, Lloyd wrote: > > It could help to force it to connect to 2.4 GHz. > > > > Your access point may be running in ax mode. > > > > I'm not convinced this is purely a DHCP issue. > > > > Your device may be associating to the AP but not sending traffic. > > > > Another way to rule out DHCP issues is assign a static IP. > > > > Regards > > Lloyd > > > > Ed Heil wrote: > > > >> I know that my home wifi combines the 2.5 and 5G channels under > >> a single nwid. It has the option of separating them but > >> there's a note in the app saying it's recommended to keep them > >> together. Maybe I should separate them and see if my openbsd > >> box can connect to the 2.5G one once it's separated? >
